What is the test for establishing that identifications are not inherently improbable or factually impossible?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. SALAS, B216157, Los Angeles County Super. Ct. No. BA330915 (Cal. App. 2011):
were inherently improbable or factually impossible under the circumstances shown." (People v. Allen (1985) 165 Cal.App.3d 616, 623.) Here, the identifications were not inherently improbable or impossible, and are sufficient to support the judgment.
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